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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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