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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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