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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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