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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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