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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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