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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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