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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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