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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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