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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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