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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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