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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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