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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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