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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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