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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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