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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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