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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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