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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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