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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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