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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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