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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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