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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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