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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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