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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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