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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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