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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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