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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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