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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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