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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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