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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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