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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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