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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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