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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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