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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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