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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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