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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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