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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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