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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving 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 training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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