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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning make it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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