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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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