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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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