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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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