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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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