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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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