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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. 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. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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