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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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