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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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