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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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