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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always 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 issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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