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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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