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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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