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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental 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 teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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