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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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