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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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