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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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