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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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