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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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