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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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