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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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