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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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