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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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