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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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