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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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