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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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