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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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