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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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