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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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