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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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