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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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