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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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