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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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