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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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