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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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