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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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