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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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