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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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