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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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