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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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