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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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