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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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