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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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