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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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