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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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