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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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