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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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