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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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