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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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