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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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