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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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