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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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