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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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