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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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