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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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