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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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