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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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