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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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