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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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