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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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