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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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