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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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