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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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