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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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