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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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