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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. 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. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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