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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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