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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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