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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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