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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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