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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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