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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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