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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth 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 massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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