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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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