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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in 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 are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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