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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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