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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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