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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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