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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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