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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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