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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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