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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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