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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology have empowered 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 MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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