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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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