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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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