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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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