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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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