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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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