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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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