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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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