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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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