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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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