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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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