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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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