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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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