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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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