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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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