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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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