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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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