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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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