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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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