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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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