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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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