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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that 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 participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the 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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