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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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