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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take courses 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 courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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