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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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