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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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