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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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