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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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