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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education enable learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the most important 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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