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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education