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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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