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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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