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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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