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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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