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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in 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 customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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