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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the major 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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