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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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