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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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