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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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