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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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