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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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