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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education enable students all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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