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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. 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 stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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