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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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