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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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