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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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