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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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