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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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