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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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