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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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