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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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