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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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