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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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