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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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