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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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