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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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