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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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