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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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