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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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