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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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