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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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