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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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