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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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