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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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