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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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