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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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