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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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