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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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