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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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