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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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