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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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