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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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