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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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