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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning 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 schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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