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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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