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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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