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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes 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 classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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