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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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