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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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