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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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