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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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