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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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