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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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