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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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