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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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