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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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