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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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