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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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