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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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