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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because 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 organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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