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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews 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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