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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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