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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources