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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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