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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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