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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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