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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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