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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing 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 quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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