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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. 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 massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently 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 blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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