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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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