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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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