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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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