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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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