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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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