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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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