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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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