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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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