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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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