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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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