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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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