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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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