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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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