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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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