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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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