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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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