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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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