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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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