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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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