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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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