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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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