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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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