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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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