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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores 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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