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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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