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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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