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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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