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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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