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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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