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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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