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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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