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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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