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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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