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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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