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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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