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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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