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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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