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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews 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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