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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever 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 be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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