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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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