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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of 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 almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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