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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that 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 teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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