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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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