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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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