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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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