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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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