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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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