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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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