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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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