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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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