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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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