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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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