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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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