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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in 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 MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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