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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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