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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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