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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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