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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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