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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate 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 classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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