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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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