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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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