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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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