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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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