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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing 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 training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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