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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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