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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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