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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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