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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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