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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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