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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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