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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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