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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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