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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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