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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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