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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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