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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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