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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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