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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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