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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always 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 variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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