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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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