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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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