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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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