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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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