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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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