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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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