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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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