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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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