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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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