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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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