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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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