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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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