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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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