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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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