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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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