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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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