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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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