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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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