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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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