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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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