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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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