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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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