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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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