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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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