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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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