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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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