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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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