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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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