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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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