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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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