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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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