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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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