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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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