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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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