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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key 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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