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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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