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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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