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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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