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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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