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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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