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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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