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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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