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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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