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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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