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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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