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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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