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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions 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. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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