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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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