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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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