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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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