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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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