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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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