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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key 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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