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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important 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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