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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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