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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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