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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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