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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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