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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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