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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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