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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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