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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major 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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