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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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