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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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