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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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