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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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