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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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