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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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