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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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