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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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