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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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