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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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