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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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