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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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