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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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