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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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