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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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