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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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