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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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