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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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