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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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