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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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