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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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