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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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