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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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