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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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