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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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