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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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