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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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