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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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