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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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