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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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