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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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