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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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