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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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