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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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