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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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