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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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