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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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