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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling 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 educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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