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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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