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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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