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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider 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 educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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