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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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