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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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