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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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