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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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