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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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