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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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