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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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