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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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