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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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