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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education