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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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