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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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