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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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