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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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