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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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