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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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