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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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