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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning enable students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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