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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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