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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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