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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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