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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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