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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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