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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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