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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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