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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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