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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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