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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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