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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses 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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