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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are usually 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 many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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