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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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