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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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