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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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