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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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