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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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