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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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