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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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