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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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