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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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