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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the 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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