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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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