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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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