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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important 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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