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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver 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. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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