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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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