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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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