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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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