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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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