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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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