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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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