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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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