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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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