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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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