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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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