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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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