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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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