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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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