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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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