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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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