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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving 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 quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important 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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