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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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