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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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