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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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