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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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