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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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