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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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