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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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