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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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