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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing 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 definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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