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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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