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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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