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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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