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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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