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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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