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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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