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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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