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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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