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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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