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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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