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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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