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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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