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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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