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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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