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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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