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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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