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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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