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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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