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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever 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 teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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