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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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