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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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