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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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