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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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