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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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