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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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