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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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