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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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