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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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