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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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