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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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