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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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