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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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