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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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