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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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