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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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