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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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