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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that 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 about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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