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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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