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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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