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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key 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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