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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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