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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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