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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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